Social Enterprise Purchasing Toolkit

Inside you will find...

• An explanation of how social value can be created using your existing purchasing practices... Learn More
• The definition and purpose of social enterprises... Learn More
• A framework for integrating social enterprise into your purchasing... Learn More
• A set of action steps for putting social enterprise purchasing into practice... Learn More
• An on-line directory of social enterprises... Go to the Marketplace
• Access to a searchable database of social enterprise procurement resources and information... Search for Resources

Purchasing from Social Enterprises blends business and social values...

We hope the Social Enterprise Purchasing Toolkit helps increase the integration of social values into purchasing decisions, resulting in healthier communities and a stronger market for social enterprises. The Toolkit is an evolving work in progress, and we look forward to hearing from you with your ideas, suggestions, experiences and stories.

Our Thanks...

enp would like to acknowledge 2010 Legacies Now, The Sauder School of Business, and BALTA for their individual support in creating the Social Enterprise Purchasing Toolkit:

Portions of the Toolkit have been produced as part of the research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). Financial support for BALTA from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is gratefully acknowledged: